Proceed at all times with great caution

Not exactly the finest weekend here at Weeds HQ. We had a burst water main that meant an addition of a micro-pond in the front garden so presently no running water and heating and to add to that a pair of glasses were lost on the P4 bus.

We did however have a little firework celebration earlier this evening with a pack of giant sparklers and a £14.99 box of fireworks from Lewisham Lldl. Obviously it weren’t as long a show as the fireworks they put on at The Thames for New Year’s Eve but they weren’t bad for the price either. We even burnt a fair bit of wood we cut down from the tree next door earlier this year (here). Musical accompliment to said firework display (unlike the ELO, Rolling Stones and Elton John they play on NYE) was provided by The Rhythm Doctor’s Waiting Room 23.10.2023 where he plays a fair few tracks from The Other Others LP. A fine show!

Whilst the fireworks were fireworking we were reminded of those public information films of the 1970’s where they used to try and frighten the living daylights out of you (and always used to go on about keeping the fireworks in a closed old biscuit tin). So to end this post here’s a few that are embedded in our consciousness. Have a good bonfire night!

GMT comes back again with a vengeance

It’s November and things are definitely slowing down as the winter weather is now coming in thick and fast and so are the dark nights. No frosts as yet but lots of wind and rain. There’s still a few flowers in the back garden as well which is a nice suprise.

As for the butternut squash, it is still producing fruits and the big one has been dug into by something and is split in the middle. We won’t be eating that! There is no way we’ll get some warmth or sunshine to ripen them up sadly.

And as for the pond, if we have any more rain we’ll be bucketing some water out of it as it’s well close to the top now. Crazy weather we’re having!

Dubs of the day

Thanks to our good mate Gerry Hectic who recommended this piece of dubwise this morning from Jay Glass Dubs from Anthens, Greece. It’s very gardening related too what with the name of Narcissus. Very nice.

And one from us on this sunny but cold day, a nice Jazz type dub vibe from New Zion Trio out of New York with a 9 minute version of Ras Michael and the Sons Of Negus’ None A Jah Jah Children Dub. Wow, what a tune.

 

Heavy (Dubwise) Showers

Blimmin eck, it didn’t half come down in the early hours today in London, so much so that the water in the pond is quite close to the top. If it rains any more those goldfish will be touching the pea netting which is there to keep the Lewisham Heron out.

Talking of showers or “music like shower” to be exact, a big shout goes out to Steve Barker of the excellent long running On The Wire radio show for getting back to us on the name of the mystery tune on the compilation from the Little Axe label. It’s called So long baby/An Irie Version by Derrick Morgan & Paulett/Prince Trinity and it’s a heavy tune!

If you want to hear a top show full of reggae and all sorts of great records tap into the latest shows of On The Wire on Totally Radio here or have a look through the archive on the blogspot here. You will enjoy it! Cheers again Steve!

Rocking all over this Earth

Here’s Sunday night’s transmission of Skybird Radio International which was broadcast through the services of Shortwave Gold. There’s tracks from all over the map and genre’s galore.

At 45 seconds in is One Deck Pete‘s third mix for Skybird Radio International and here’s the track listings:
Madtone – Diamonds in the Sky (Excerpt)
Les Maîtres Fous – La Mort d’Icare
Aselefech Ashine & Getenesh Kebret – Wegenne
Narcy – Nehaya
Wilmoth Houdini – Blow Wind Blow
Unknown Track off “Cantos Oscuros” from Little Axe Records (at 05.18 in on Side 1).

Enjoy the sounds from all around this Earth of ours!

 

Pets Win Prizes

Here is the audio for KPET which went out on Shortwave Gold on Sunday 8th October 2023. Have a liston to a great show that has lots of pet related tunes and dedications going out to collie dogs, guinea pigs and budgies owners.

Beginning the show at 00.00 is a 15 minutes mix called “A tribute to Fido, Twinkie and Sheba” from One Deck Pet(e) and here’s the tracks:
oofoe – goldfish
Naslah – Cats & dogs
Cat Stevens – Was dog a donut
Benhayyi Al Baghbaghan – Salute the parrot (excerpt)
Soothsayers/Victor Rice – Glass fish dub

So fill up the dog bowl, put the cover over the parrot cage and enjoy the show!

Not another product withdrawal

Yesterday we took a trip to Lldl to see if there were any “When it’s gone, it’s gone” bargains during this week’s special: “Flavour of the week: Eastern & Central Europe”. Alongside some wareniki and cherry jaffa cakes we bought another pack of Tulips. We did like the graphics at the top especially the “No knife and fork should be used to plant these bulbs” sign. Which got us thinking…

Years ago whilst waiting for a large bag of chicken breasts at the Butchers in Leather Lane EC1 we were told a silly tale from one of the market guys which went something like this: “A mate of mine was taken into hospital the other week as he had food poisoning” to which we replied “Sorry to hear that mate”. “Yeah he made himself a spaghetti bolognese and he didn’t have any onions so he cut up some tulip bulbs and used them instead” said the cockney bloke. “He’s okay, the doctors said he’ll be out in the spring”.

Have a good Sunday and enjoy the great weather today!

On a late summer tip

We’ll be having a late summer this week the BBC has just informed us. For us gardeners that means more watering but hopefully will make the harvest “window” open for a lot longer than usual. We hope so, as the butternut squash plant (we assume it is) is setting more fruits and the one we have already is getting a little larger.

And as the sun is coming here’s a nice balearic tune to chill out called Un Placer Celestial (Reprise) from Tambores En Benirrasout of Barrow-in-Furness. Some nice summery vibes here.

And some summer themed reggae from Bobby Kalphat.

And one to play later in the evening as the sun goes down is an excellent bass heavy track from 2020 from Khotin called Finds you well. It’s on Khotin Industries out of Edmonton, Alberta.

Best of luck with the weather and have yourself sometime in the garden this weekend!

Autumn, Jean-Michel Jarre and butternut squashes

It ain’t half now turned a bit autumnal especially after the Autumn Equinox (on Saturday at 7.50am). At the end of the garden is a very small bed that has a right mixture of stuff in the tiny space include chillies and Cape gooseberry and peppers too. Also what we thought was some sort of melon may now be a butternut squash (pic below). Will it ripen before the frosts come?

And here’s a tune from Maurice Louca from Cairo a chap we discovered over the weekend while we were researching a forthcoming shortwave mix. From the excellently titled LP Benhayyi Al-Baghbaghan (Salute the Parrot) here’s the percussive monster called Maksim (Maxim) and it’s wonderful stuff. Listen to it a few times in a row and you’ll be noticing bits you never noticed the time before and be wanting to listen to it again. Mad mad stuff.

And while we’re talking about Cairo we’ve just remembered this tune from the excellent Zeb – The Spy From Cairo called Qanun in Dub.